The Men's Share?

Masculinities, Male Support and Women's Suffrage in Britain, 1890-1920

Claire Eustance, Prof Angela V John, Angela V. John

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781136181511
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: World History
• Index: History

The opposition of men to women's suffrage is well-known. However, men's support for women's suffrage is a neglected subject. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, over one thousand men were prepared to join societies and actively work for women's suffrage, whilst many other men offered support. The Men's Share?, edited by Angela John and Claire Eustance, examines who these men were, how they organized themselves and how they put pressure on the government.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• List of plates
• Notes on contributors
• Foreword: Whose history?
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Shared histories – differing identities: introducing masculinities, male support and women’s suffrage
• 1. The making of masculinities: the middle class in late nineteenth-century Britain
• 2. ‘By all means let the ladies have a chance’: The Workman’s Times, independent labour representation and women’s suffrage, 1891–4
• 3. Men, manners and militancy: literary men and women’s suffrage
• 4. Manliness and militancy: the political protest of male suffragists and the gendering of the ‘suffragette’ identity
• 5. Sharing the burden: the Pethick Lawrences and women’s suffrage
• 6. The political platform and the language of support for women’s suffrage, 1890–1920
• 7. Citizens, Scotsmen, ‘bairns’: manly politics and women’s suffrage in the Northern Men’s Federation, 1913–20
• Appendix 1: Key Events 1890–1928
• Appendix 2: Men’s pro-suffrage societies 1890–1920
• Index